Device for cementing top lifts to heels of shoes



July 17, 1934. w s ANDERSON 1,966,477

DEVICE FOR CEMENTING TOP LIFTS 1T0 HEELS 0F SHOES Filed Dec. 21, 1933 ie-i \nven'for. NiHiom SAnderson ATTys.

Patented July 17, 1934 DEVIGETOREGEMENTINGTQP LIFTS IO i w 'EHEELSOF SHQES William S. Anderson, Philadelphia; lagassignor' V t to Shoe Press Corporation, Philadelphia, Pan. acorporation of"Delaware' ,5 1 Application. December 21, 1933', Serial No. 303,400

w i a "I'his invention relates to a device for cementing'top lifts to the heels of shoes "and it has for one of its objects to'provide 'a-simple device for this purpose which is'spec'ially adapted for I use of cobblers in their .workof repairing shoes.

It is at present quite a' common practice for Cobblers to resole' shoes byjcementing the sole tothe shoe and in performing this operation it I is customary 'to use a sole cementing device '10 comprising a yielding 'bed on which the soleof theshoe may be placed and means'for pressing the shoejfirm'ly against the bed. A' device of this 'sortis illustrated in U. S. Patent No. 1','6'54,408,'December 2'7, 1927. v f When apair of shoes is brought to a cobbler tobe re'soledaifd otherwise repaired it is frequently necessary to apply a new top lift to the heel. In the case of a ladys shoe with a wooden heel the top lift is sometimes secured to EU the heel by nailing it thereto. The use of nails for this purpose, however, is apt to split the heel and a better repair job can be done by cementing the top lift to the heel. It is one of the objects of my invention to provide improvements whereby the press such as shown in the above-mentioned Patent No. 1,654,408 can also be used for thus cementing the top lift to the heel.

The heels of ladies shoes vary considerably in shape. and height, and another object of my invention is to provide improvements which are equally adapted for use in cementing a top lift to a heel whether the heel is a so-called spike mu heel or a Louis heel or a so-called Cuban heel or has any other shape.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated in the drawing a selected embodiment thereof which will now be 7 described after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view through a device embodying my invention showing it in use for cementing a top lift to a wooden heel of a shoe;

t Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the shoe-supporting member;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the heel plate or pressure plate employed;

In the drawing 1 indicates a ladys shoe having a wooden heel 2 and 3 indicates the top lift which is to be cemented to the bottom of the heel. The apparatus herein shown for thus cementing the top lift 3 to the heel 2 comprises a bed member 4 having a yielding or 'fiexible shoesupporting face 5. This bed member may be of the general type shown in above-mentioned Patent -No. 1,65431'08 and it is illustrated as formed with a hollow base portion 6 :adapted to -contain--liquid 7, and with a flexible shoesupporting member ,;8 which 'is secured at "its marginal-edges, to the edgesof the-base 6. l The fiexible member t may "be made of leather or rubber or leather and "rubber other suitable material... The device also comprises 'm'eans 'for pressing the shoe againstthe member 8, such' means being in the form of a pressure screw 9 which is 'screwt'hreaded through fa nut 10 in a yoke member llthatsec'ured'to the" base -6,. v v

A device constructed [as above findfasjfllllS- trated. in 'saidgpaitjant' is more or less commonly combined for any used ror" cementing solesto' shoes; this being done by assembling the shoe and the sole with the contacting faces provided with suitable adhesive and placing the sole of the shoe on the flexible member 8, then applying pressure to the shoe sole through the pressure screw 9 and a suitable last, which is placed within the shoe.

In adapting this device for cementing the top lift to the heel ofthe shoe I provide a novel shoe-supporting member 12 which is formed with a base .portion 13 having a convexly-curved bottom face 14 a stem or body portion 15 rising from the base portion and a top or last portion 16 at the upper end of the stem 15, which last portion is of a shape to fit within the shoe at the heel thereof. I also preferably employ a pressure plate 17 to co-operate with the screw 9 in applying the pressure to the top lift.

In using my improvements for cementing a top lift to the heel of a shoe the contacting faces of the heel 2 and top lift 3 will be provided with the coating of cement and the shoe will then be placed on the shoe-supporting member 12 with the last portion 16 fitting within the heel portion of the shoe. The assembled shoe and shoe-supporting member are then placed on the flexible member 8 of the bed 4 in a position to bring the heel 2 underneath the pressure screw 9 with the top lift 3 in a plane substantially at right angles to the axis of said screw. The pressure plate 17 is then applied to the top of the heel lift and the screw may be operated to apply pressure to the heel. The pressure plate is preferably provided T what concave, this shape being employedbecause it better fits the shank portion of a high heeled shoe when the bed member is being used for cementing a sole to a shoe.

The convexly-curved face 14 of the foot 13 not only conforms generally to this concave curvature of the member 8 but it also has the advantage that it permits the shifting of the position of the shoe-supporting member 12 into different angular positions to accommodate heels of dilferent shapes.

The heel 2 shown in full lines in Fig. 1 has a shape such as is commonly used on ladies shoes and when the device is employed for cementing a top lift 3 to the bottom of such a heel the shoe-supporting member12 will be located in approximately the full line position Fig. 2. In this position the pressure produced by the screw 9 comes squarely against the top lift of the heel and is approximately in the center line of the heel.

If it is desired to cement a top lift on a shoe having a heel of the shape shown in the dotted lines Fig. 1 then the shoe-supporting member 12 would be shifted into the dot-and-dash line position which would bring the top lift of the a heel into a. plane substantially at right angles to the axis of the screw 9. On the other hand, if the shoe had a so-called spike heel, which is set further forward than the heel shown in full lines in Fig. 1, then the shoe-supporting member 12 would be moved further forwardly or to the left Fig. 1 and tipped into the correct position to bring the bottom of the heel in line with the screw 9 and the top lift in a position at right angles to the said screw.

The yielding character of the bed 4 and the convexly-curved surface 14 of the member 12 provide a construction in which said shoe-supporting member 12 can be shifted into different positions to correspond to heels of different shapes and in each position the shoe-supporting member 12 Will have a firm support on the yieldable bed member 4, the flexible member 8 of the latter conforming to the convex surface 14 in all positions of the member 12.

The improvements herein described provide a simple device by which any one who is repairing shoes can easily and correctly cement the top lift to the bottom of the heel regardless of the shape of the heel.

I claim:

1. A device for cementing top lifts to the heels of shoes, comprising a bed member having a yielding face, a shoe-supporting member having a foot portion provided with a conveXly-curved under face, a stem portion rising from the foot portion and a last portion at the upper end of the stem portion and of a shape to fit into the heel part of a, shoe, and means associated with the yielding bed member to apply pressure to the top lift of a heel of a shoe supported on said shoe-supporting member.

2. A device for cementing top lifts to the heels of shoes comprising a bed member having a yielding face, a shoe-supporting member having a convexly-curved under face to rest on the yielding face of the bed member and having a last portion at its upper end adapted to fit within the heel part of the shoe, and means associated with the bed member to apply pressure to the top lift of a heel of a shoe supported on said shoe-supporting member.

WIEILIAM S. ANDERSON. 

